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Cash for trash: recycling your e-waste online
Posted by BethBot • 5/11/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS]
Topics: recycling, technology, waste-management
Do you have hazardous e-waste in the form of phones, televisions, VCRs, or computer monitors cluttering up your spare room or garage?
Cast off for their newer, faster replacements, you know these gadgets should be recycled, or donated, but there never seems to be a good time to sit down and find a place that will accept them ('cause you sure can't put them at the curb with your bottles and cans). And then there's the worry that the electronics "recycler" might just ship them over seas where they'll be picked over and incinerated.
Would getting paid to recycle your e-waste help motivate you to make it happen?
Well there are several online companies willing to do just that. All you have to do is search for your device, agree to sell it back at the offered price, ship it in and wait for your check!
Read about the companies here: tinyurl.com/pzbf4n
User Comments
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In Europe (EC) the price of every piece of e-equipment contains a 'removal fee'. That means the shop you purchase from has to accept your old equipment (even if you bought that somewhere else) and is responsible to get it recycled in the proper way. Yet it's amazing how many tv's, stereo's and such I still see on the curbs every week. Perhaps people want to keep the old set as a spare or a second for a while if it's still working, then throw it out if it gets in the way. However I really see a big reduction of the amount of large things like fridges and washers.
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